



Cigdem Inan Akman, MD
Locations and Appointments
ColumbiaDoctors - Tarrytown
CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- Affinity Health Plan
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem/GHI
- Emblem/Hip
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus
- Fidelis Care
- Healthfirst
- Local 1199
- Magnacare (National)
- Medicare
- Multiplan
- MVP Health Care
- Quality Health Management
- UnitedHealthcare
- WellCare
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Cigdem Inan Akman, MD
Dr. Akman is a Professor of Neurology at CUIMC and chief of the Division of Child Neurology in the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics of the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.
Dr. Akman was born and educated in Ankara, Turkey where she graduated with Honors from the School of Medicine, Ankara University. Dr. Akman completed her training in Child Neurology at State University of New York, followed by a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsy at Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, Dr Akman joined the Division of Child Neurology and the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, where she participated in clinical education and patient care until 2008. Between 2008 and 2010, Dr. Akman worked as the Director of Clinical Epilepsy Research at Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine. Dr Akman returned to Columbia in 2010 and now heads both the Division of Child Neurology and the Pediatric Epilepsy Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Akman's research concentrate on epilepsy surgery, outcome of epilepsy surgery, cortical dysplasia and neurostimulation treatment for drug resistant epilepsy. Her clinical practice focuses on epilepsy surgery, Tuberous sclerosis, infantile and childhood onset epilepsy syndromes, and cerebral palsy associated with epilepsy.
Board Certifications
- Child Neurology
- Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Expertise
Childhood onset epilepsy
Drug resistant epilepsy
Epilepsy Surgery
Epileptic Seizures
Pediatric Epilepsy
Education
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Boston
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
Medical School: Ankara University Medical School
Residency: State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Titles & Positions
Chief, Division of Child Neurology
Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program
Director, Tuberous Sclerosis Program at CUIMC
Professor of Neurology at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Education
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Boston
- Medical School: Ankara University Medical School
- Residency: State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center
Awards & Honors
- Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Exceptional Women In Medicine: 2019, 2020, 2021
- New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Top Doctors New York Metro Area (digital guide): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (book series): 17th Edition, 18th Edition
Titles & Positions
- Chief, Division of Child Neurology
- Director, Pediatric Epilepsy Program
- Director, Tuberous Sclerosis Program at CUIMC
- Professor of Neurology at CUMC
Board Certifications
- Child Neurology
- Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
Languages Spoken
- Turkish